Chuck Essegian

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: August 9, 1931 in Boston, MA us

High School: Fairfax HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 26-249d, 11,504th in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1963 (Age 32-050d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Charles Abraham Essegian

Pronunciation: \uh-SEE-jee-un\

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1959 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

1018

260

.255

139

RBI

150

OBP

.323

SLG

.446

OPS

.769

OPS+

106

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-35 / in Starts: 18-23
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 189 PAs	36
Actual Runners on Base	149 (77-44-28)
Avg. MLBer w/ 189 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	117 (61-36-19)

Most Driven In
Self	12
B Phillips	5
J Temple	3
J Piersall	3
W Kirkland	3
M de la Hoz	2
V Power	2
T Francona	2

Most Driven In By
Self	12
W Held	3
J Romano	2
W Kirkland	2
F Funk	1
V Power	1
B Phillips	1
M Throneberry	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	133	1	Apr 11	BAL		LAA	L,2-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.40	-0.010	.87	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Kansas City Athletics
2	134	3	Apr 17	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	9	.52	0.034	1.13	0.04%	0.41	PH
3	135	4	Apr 21	KCA		CLE	L,3-5	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	6.10	0.208	12.01	0.25%	1.00	PH
4	136	5	Apr 22	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	4	.76	-0.006	1.31	-0.01%	-0.33	LF
5	137	12 (6)	Apr 30 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,4-6	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	9	2.88	-0.077	4.32	-0.07%	-0.82	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Cleveland Indians
6	138	21	May 7 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.273	.333	.606	6	1.58	-0.054	3.87	-0.08%	-0.44	RF
7	139	23 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	9-GF(11)	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.308	.636	.944	4	2.99	-0.013	6.18	-0.02%	1.18	PH RF
8	140	26 (2)	May 14 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,1-0	GS-10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.294	.500	.794	4	1.58	-0.138	3.05	-0.16%	-1.07	RF
9	141	29 (2)	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.333	.533	.867	3	2.71	0.062	6.64	0.09%	0.34	PH
10	142	31 (1)	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	6-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.313	.350	.563	.913	2	4.09	0.064	11.19	0.11%	0.15	PH CF
11	143	38 (6)	May 25	CLE	@	LAA	W,13-5	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.440	.600	1.040	3	.26	0.053	.85	0.11%	1.20	LF
12	144	39	May 27	CLE		KCA	L,5-7	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.423	.571	.995	9	2.02	-0.046	7.81	-0.11%	-0.47	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	145	45 (5)	Jun 3	CLE		LAA	W,9-4	7-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.444	.571	1.016	5	.82	0.024	3.11	0.06%	0.66	PH RF
14	146	47 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	CLE		LAA	W,8-4	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.448	.545	.994	2	.11	-0.003	.45	-0.01%	-0.11	PH CF
15	147	49 (1)	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSA	W,14-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.433	.522	.955	2	.01	0.000	.05	0.00%	-0.20	PH CF
16	148	50	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,11-0	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.457	.556	1.013	5	.64	0.121	3.15	0.36%	1.57	LF CF
17	149	51	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.444	.536	.980	3	1.14	-0.054	8.00	-0.23%	-0.66	PH LF
18	150	55 (3)	Jun 11 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,7-3	5-GF	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.474	.767	1.240	2	1.79	0.532	9.15	1.63%	4.41	PR CF
19	151	56	Jun 11 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.382	.465	.735	1.200	2	1.59	0.216	7.95	0.65%	1.00	CF
20	152	57	Jun 12	CLE		KCA	L,5-7	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.361	.457	.694	1.151	2	1.36	-0.026	6.90	-0.08%	-0.15	CF
21	153	59 (1)	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.440	.725	1.165	5	.89	-0.066	5.85	-0.26%	0.04	RF
22	154	63 (3)	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.434	.690	1.124	5	1.61	0.020	7.80	0.06%	-0.24	RF
23	155	65 (1)	Jun 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.414	.660	1.073	5	.79	-0.078	3.96	-0.23%	-0.57	RF
24	156	66	Jun 21 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-15	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.407	.646	1.053	5	1.39	-0.032	6.04	-0.08%	-0.36	RF
25	157	67	Jun 21 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.381	.596	.977	5	.45	-0.042	1.93	-0.11%	-1.12	RF
26	158	68	Jun 23	CLE		DET	L,7-15	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.388	.696	1.084	5	.17	0.057	.85	0.18%	1.68	RF
27	159	70 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.382	.684	1.067	2	1.16	-0.029	4.54	-0.07%	-0.29	PH
28	160	71	Jun 25 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.377	.672	1.049	5	5.67	0.167	19.19	0.34%	-0.07	PH
29	161	72	Jun 27	CLE		WSA	L,5-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.371	.661	1.032	9	1.55	-0.052	4.10	-0.08%	-0.80	PH
30	162	74 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,2-5	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.380	.667	1.047	9	1.70	0.078	4.66	0.13%	0.38	PH
31	163	75	Jun 29	CLE		WSA	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.373	.641	1.014	3	1.27	-0.005	3.46	-0.01%	-0.28	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	164	78 (2)	Jul 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-6	7-GF(10)	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.385	.657	1.041	9	3.45	0.337	8.58	0.51%	1.54	PH CF
33	165	80 (1)	Jul 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.310	.378	.634	1.012	5	.90	-0.117	2.27	-0.18%	-1.13	CF
34	166	82 (1)	Jul 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.306	.373	.625	.998	9	.73	-0.030	1.83	-0.04%	-0.76	PH
35	167	84 (1)	Jul 8	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.360	.600	.960	5	.72	-0.055	1.17	-0.05%	-1.07	RF
36	168	85	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.348	.577	.925	5	.86	-0.068	1.30	-0.06%	-0.83	RF
37	169	88 (2)	Jul 14	CLE		LAA	W,7-5	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.356	.582	.938	9	4.15	0.207	2.70	0.08%	1.00	PH
38	170	90 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,7-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.362	.651	1.012	6	.55	0.158	.34	0.06%	2.63	CF
39	171	91	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,5-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.291	.357	.628	.985	6	1.03	-0.117	.72	-0.05%	-1.25	CF
40	172	92	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	L,2-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.363	.618	.981	6	.88	0.003	.39	0.00%	-0.03	CF
41	173	93	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.362	.620	.981	6	.72	0.128	.21	0.02%	1.29	CF
42	174	94	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,9-8	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.373	.619	.991	6	1.59	0.154	.50	0.03%	1.40	CF LF
43	175	95	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,12-11	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.383	.627	1.010	6	.71	0.046	.36	0.01%	0.63	LF
44	176	96	Jul 21	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.321	.378	.613	.991	6	1.16	-0.034	.80	-0.01%	-0.71	LF
45	177	97	Jul 22	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.374	.600	.974	6	.56	0.004	.27	0.00%	-0.28	LF
46	178	98	Jul 23	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.365	.584	.949	6	.48	-0.036	.27	-0.01%	-0.66	LF
47	179	99	Jul 25	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.354	.564	.918	6	1.02	-0.112	.34	-0.02%	-1.31	LF
48	180	100	Jul 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,12-5	GS-8	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.348	.566	.914	6	1.19	-0.118	.39	-0.02%	0.25	LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	181	107 (6)	Aug 3	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.346	.561	.907	5	.35	-0.009	.06	0.00%	-0.23	RF
50	182	110 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.345	.556	.901	5	1.19	-0.012	.07	0.00%	-0.20	CF
51	183	112 (1)	Aug 8	CLE		WSA	W,6-5	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.350	.583	.933	9	.34	0.030	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
52	184	119 (6)	Aug 17	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	14-GF(14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.348	.578	.926	9	5.67	-0.175	.02	0.00%	-0.80	PH
53	185	121 (1)	Aug 19	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.352	.581	.934	3	4.74	0.076	.02	0.00%	0.33	PH LF
54	186	125 (3)	Aug 23	CLE		DET	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.352	.576	.927	4	.79	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.01	RF
55	187	127 (1)	Aug 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.349	.566	.915	4	1.66	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.64	RF
56	188	130 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.347	.562	.909	9	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	189	137 (6)	Sep 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.296	.342	.549	.891	2	1.56	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.62	CF
58	190	139 (1)	Sep 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.344	.565	.908	3	.92	0.038	.00	0.00%	1.20	CF
59	191	140	Sep 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.345	.556	.902	3	.71	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.10	CF
60	192	145 (4)	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.290	.337	.542	.879	4	.47	0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.06	CF
61	193	146	Sep 13	CLE		BAL	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.291	.335	.538	.873	4	.49	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.14	RF
62	194	147	Sep 15	CLE		MIN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.339	.562	.901	3	.90	0.094	.00	0.00%	1.34	LF
63	195	151 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.331	.548	.880	3	.49	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.65	LF
64	196	155 (3)	Sep 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-5	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.330	.559	.889	3	1.09	0.114	.00	0.00%	0.97	LF
65	197	156	Sep 26	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.330	.555	.885	3	1.08	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.76	LF
							30-35		189	173	26	50	8	1	12	36	11	0	35	1	1	3	1	6	0	0	.289	.330	.555	.885		1.18	1.292	2.22	2.63%	7.41

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